diff --git a/instrumentation/executors/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/executors/ExecutorMatchers.java b/instrumentation/executors/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/executors/ExecutorMatchers.java
index 40d2e50c1ae1..1c3d7497ab35 100644
--- a/instrumentation/executors/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/executors/ExecutorMatchers.java
+++ b/instrumentation/executors/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/executors/ExecutorMatchers.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ final class ExecutorMatchers {
                 "java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool",
                 "java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor",
                 "java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor",
+                "java.util.concurrent.ThreadPerTaskExecutor",
                 "org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor",
                 "org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool", // dispatch() covered in the jetty
                 // module
diff --git a/instrumentation/executors/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/executors/ExecutorInstrumentationTest.java b/instrumentation/executors/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/executors/ExecutorInstrumentationTest.java
index aa05c1b6af0f..77a3d0ad7636 100644
--- a/instrumentation/executors/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/executors/ExecutorInstrumentationTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/executors/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/executors/ExecutorInstrumentationTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.AgentInstrumentationExtension;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.InstrumentationExtension;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledForJreRange;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 abstract class ExecutorInstrumentationTest<T extends ExecutorService>
@@ -47,6 +51,24 @@ static class ThreadPoolExecutorTest extends ExecutorInstrumentationTest<ThreadPo
     }
   }
 
+  @EnabledForJreRange(min = JRE.JAVA_21)
+  static class VirtualThreadExecutorTest extends ExecutorInstrumentationTest<ExecutorService> {
+    VirtualThreadExecutorTest() {
+      super(newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor());
+    }
+
+    private static ExecutorService newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor() {
+      Method newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor;
+      try {
+        newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor =
+            Executors.class.getMethod("newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor");
+        return (ExecutorService) newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor.invoke(null);
+      } catch (InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Should not happen on Java 21+", e);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   static class WorkStealingPoolTest extends ExecutorInstrumentationTest<ExecutorService> {
     public WorkStealingPoolTest() {
       super(Executors.newWorkStealingPool(2));